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October 4, 2006 2:09 PM
NEW PAC SPONSORED POLL SHOWS GOVERNOR VULNERABLE SHOULD ANTI-PERRY VOTE COALESCE
Strayhorn shows the most movement in ballot test question

While all polls have shown incumbent Governor Rick Perry holding solidly ahead of his three challengers with numbers from the low to high 30% range.

The only polling that has been generally available have been from out of state operations like Zogby and Rasmussen, both of which have their own idiosyncracies.

So far, no poll has seriously tested second choices which could be decisive if the so-called "anybody but Perry" vote were to solidify behind one of the three most prominent challengers.

Texans for Insurance Reform PAC (which is largely funded by individual trial lawyers) has just posted poll results testing 603 voters using the same methodology utilized for decades. The posting is not a simple executive summary with bullet points. Instead TIR has posted the questions and cross tabs giving the most complete picture to date of the race. They have also posted the results of previous polls in order to establish trend lines

Most importantly, they have explored the all-important "second choice" question.

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